Hemidactylus pfindaensis LOBÓN-ROVIRA, CONRADIE, IGLESIAS, ERNST, VERÍSSIMO, BAPTISTA & PINTO, 2021
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Hemidactylus pfindaensis
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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| Synonym | Hemidactylus pfindaensis LOBÓN-ROVIRA, CONRADIE, IGLESIAS, ERNST, VERÍSSIMO, BAPTISTA & PINTO 2021 Hemidactylus paivae — ERNST et al. 2020 [part] |
| Distribution | North Angola (Uige Province and Cabinda). Type locality: Angola (Cabinda Prov., Chiloando) |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: FKH0178, adult male, collected by Pedro Vaz Pinto. Paratypes: MNCN 50537, FKH0044, MTD 48932 |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A medium sized Hemidactylus, with SVL of 45.53 mm (mean) with moderate long snout, 10 supralabials and 8–10 infralabials (Fig. 8). Dorsal pholidosis with 11–12 rows of moderate dorsal keeled tubercle scales and ventral pholidosis with 28–30 smooth scale rows on midbody. The species present a large, triangular mental scale, two large postmentals followed by two enlarged post-postmentals. Base of the tail with four large keeled dorsal tubercle rows and subcaudal scales small, about one fourth of the tail width. Males with 8 continuous precloacal pores. Five divided scansors beneath first digit of both manus and pes, seven beneath fourth digit of manus, seven or eight beneath the fourth digit of pes. Dorsum presents dark coloration with two light brown crossbands from the posterior part of the eye to the sacrum, where the two bands meet each other to form a V-shaped marking. (Lobon-Rovira et al. 2021) |
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| Etymology | The name “pfindaensis” derives from the local word “pfinda” which in Kikongo – the main language used in Uíge Province and northwestern Angola – refers to a “gallery forest” or a “continuous block of thick forest”, the main habitat type associated with the species. |
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